'Running While Others Walk': the challenge of African development

Speaker: Professor Thandika Mkandawire
Chair: Howard Davies
This event was recorded on 27 April 2010 in Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Africa lags behind other developing nations both economically and by other related social indicators. There is widespread feeling in Africa that, in the words of Nyerere, 'Africa must run while others walk'. The lecture will consider the implications of this task on African scholarship.